Kochi-Muziris Biennale: India’s Leading Art Platform That Brings Artists, Curators, Critics and the Public Together
12 years, 1 month ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: India’s Leading Art Platform That Brings Artists, Curators, Critics and the Public Together

The Hindu  

Art has travelled a lot from the times of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne and even from those of the Bauhaus and Fluxus, which questioned the age-old distinction between craft and fine art and brought them together in the idea of design. What happens in the new art—museum installations; spatialised music; contemporary dance, or “movement art”—is a de-specification of instruments, materials and apparatuses specific to different arts. The present Congress-led government, which looked at the event as a scheme While looking at the works on display at this discursive event, I was struck equally by their multiple genealogies, their modes of encountering life, their ways of imagining history, the politics of resistance that constitutes many of them, and the way they break the conventional boundaries between life and art as also between the various genres of art like poetry, photography, painting, sculpture and film in order to create an art of our time that cannot be contained in our old calendars and categories. It brings major contemporary artists from around the world to Kerala, most of whom worked with locally available materials—from automobile parts to spices from the market—and worked intelligently on the natural spaces, godowns, galleries, wharfs, courtyards and compound walls offered to them and created artworks that are organically linked to local history or contemporary contexts of life and art. Amidst all the melancholic discussions on the end of art, the works at the biennale expose the reverse side of art “to the extent that the aesthetic formula ties art to non-art from the start, it sets that life up between two vanishing points: art becoming mere life or art becoming mere art”.

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Let’s Talk series as part of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26 begins
4 days, 22 hours ago

Let’s Talk series as part of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26 begins

The Hindu  

Nikhil Chopra, the curator of the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, said his approach is to think regionally and draw affinities with global histories. “My curatorial framework thinks through ideas of hospitality and care, as well as the importance of artist solidarity and friendship economies as modes of learning and survival,” he said, while discussing his curatorial approach and methodologies …

Srishti @ 25: Celebration of art, artists, and audiences
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Srishti @ 25: Celebration of art, artists, and audiences

New Indian Express  

From the bold strokes of Laxma Goud to the vibrant hues of Thota Vaikuntam, Srishti Art Gallery in Jubilee Hills has served as a canvas for artistic brilliance for the past 25 years. Founded in 2000, Srishti has grown alongside Hyderabad’s evolving art scene, curating exhibitions that tell stories, spark conversations, and push boundaries. Exhibitions like ‘Emerging Palettes’, ‘Changing Terrains’, …

Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy hosts 4-day art exhibition
2 months ago

Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy hosts 4-day art exhibition

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Lalitha Kala Academy has organised a unique four-day exhibition and sale of paintings, showcasing over 500 works by 300 artists. The event, at Chitra Kala Parishath, which will conclude on Tuesday, offers a rare opportunity for art lovers to own authentic masterpieces crafted in a variety of mediums, including watercolour, acrylic, and oil. Mr Kumar emphasised that the …

Report: Madras Art Weekend
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Report: Madras Art Weekend

Hindustan Times  

At the third edition of the Madras Art Weekend held at the city’s Park Hyatt from 12 to 15 December, the question that was frequently raised was: How come Chennai, which has such a vibrant tradition of engaging with various art forms, is not at the forefront when it comes to contemporary art? History is already seated in the chair …

New York-based architect Malavika Madhuraj’s debut art show in India is on at Kochi
2 months, 3 weeks ago

New York-based architect Malavika Madhuraj’s debut art show in India is on at Kochi

The Hindu  

New York-based architect Malavika Madhuraj is gearing up for her first show in India, Liminal Lines, Eternal Spaces, an architectural exhibition, at Prussian Blue art gallery in Kochi. The show, she says, “is a multidisciplinary journey through architectural illustration, art and digital media that explores the interplay between memory, spatial boundaries and artistic transcendence.” The architect, who works with Studio …

Winter art and the Bengal Biennale
3 months ago

Winter art and the Bengal Biennale

The Hindu  

Director and curator Siddharth Sivakumar and Trustees Malvika Banerjee and Jeet Banerjee’s Gameplan have launched the first- ever Bengal Biennale, a multigenerational tapestry of artistic expression, bringing together a diverse array of artists and their unique perspectives. The event this winter, to be held across two venues — the university town of Santiniketan from November 29 to December 22, 2024, …

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangkok Art Biennale 2024 | Anish Kapoor at the mall

The Hindu  

A large coral-coloured resin horn, Good Like Gaia by Italian artist Lello Esposito, curves to the sky in the gardens at the Wat Prayoon temple complex. These seemingly distinct installations cohesively come together when viewed through the lens of Bangkok Art Biennale’s 2024 theme, ‘Nurture Gaia’ — embracing themes of hybridity, contemplative ecology, femininity, disappearing knowledge, and the supernatural. Reddy’s …

Sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale from December 2025, Nikhil Chopra to be curator
4 months ago

Sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale from December 2025, Nikhil Chopra to be curator

The Hindu  

The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will be held from December 12, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Announcing Mr. Chopra’s name, Mr. Vijayan said the Kochi biennale is an event that fosters the spirit of art, community and dialogue. Bose Krishnamachari, president of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation, said that the curator was chosen following a rigorous process by a …

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025
4 months ago

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Renowned artist Nikhil Chopra and his team HH Art Spaces will be the curators of the upcoming Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced here on Wednesday. 50-year-old Chopra is an artist whose work blends performance, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and installation. "We are thrilled to announce Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces as the curators for …

Questions raised on Kerala’s overreliance on Kathakali on global tourism platforms
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Questions raised on Kerala’s overreliance on Kathakali on global tourism platforms

The Hindu  

The repetitive presentation of Kathakali in global tourism platforms as the face of Kerala has raised apprehensions about Kerala’s overdependence on the art form leading to a loss of freshness in State’s international branding. Comparison with Spain Speaking to The Hindu, a senior bureaucrat who is instrumental in deciding the theme of Kerala Tourism abroad said, “This is the first …

Exhibition of contemporary Emarati art gets under way in Kochi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition of contemporary Emarati art gets under way in Kochi

The Hindu  

‘Notes from Another Shore,’ an exhibition showcasing contemporary Emarati art along with that of artists from Kerala got under way at Durbar Hall in Kochi on July 26. The month-long exhibition is being organised by Abu Dhabi-based Rizq Art Initiative in association with the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Department of Cultural Affairs, and Abu Dhabi Art. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. …

Art show featuring Emirati artists in Kochi from July 26
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Art show featuring Emirati artists in Kochi from July 26

The Hindu  

The Kerala Lalithakala Akademi is joining hands with the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi-based Rizq Art Initiative to organise an exhibition of four Emirati artists at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery from July 26. Titled ‘Notes from Another Shore’, the exhibition featuring the works of artists Almaha Jaralla, Samo Shalaby, Latifa Saeed, and Hashel …

India all around at Venice Biennale
10 months, 1 week ago

India all around at Venice Biennale

New Indian Express  

The warm embrace of spring this year brings forth one of the biggest and most prestigious events in the global art scenario, the 60th edition of Venice Biennale. The curator’s presentation, ‘Historical Nucleus’ in Giardini della Biennale showcases some works by masters of Indian art such as SH Raza, FN Souza, Ramkumar, Bhupen Khakhar, and Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and …

Shapes and allure of a faraway hometown
11 months, 1 week ago

Shapes and allure of a faraway hometown

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Sutra Art Gallery in Mattancherry is resplendent with a myriad of artworks from the eastern state of Chandigarh. The exhibition showcases the collaborative efforts of women artists from Chandigarh and conveys the artists’ connection with their hometown in distinct ways. I focus on building forms where familiar elements undergo infinite variations, akin to the panoramic view from a towering …

Art works of C N Karunakaran, a Marxist who believed in Krishna, straddled modern & tradition
11 months, 1 week ago

Art works of C N Karunakaran, a Marxist who believed in Krishna, straddled modern & tradition

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru, The people who knew him said, when he was alive artist C N Karunakaran, who played an important role in the modern art movement of independent India and served as chairman of Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi twice, often introduced himself as a ‘Marxist who believed in Krishna’. HT Image Just as Karunakaran embraced the dichotomy of his ideology, his …

Looking like a wow
1 year, 1 month ago

Looking like a wow

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: In the heart of Kochi, where the rhythms of tradition intertwine with the modern pulse of progress, the Tripunithura Terminal of Kochi Metro emerges as a canvas that narrates the vibrant tale of Kerala’s rich culture. As the final jewel in the crown of Kochi Metro’s Phase 1 stations, the Tripunithura Terminal, which is nearing completion, unveils a thematic …

A note on the issue: A season for art and artistry
1 year, 1 month ago

A note on the issue: A season for art and artistry

Live Mint  

Art always stirs curiosity—whether we are touched or baffled by an artist’s work, we are inquisitive about what prompted them to create it. All of these concerns of artists are reflected in the pages of our art special, timed as usual just ahead of the annual India Art Fair in Delhi. We go a little further this year, as our …

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023

Hindustan Times  

The second edition of the Madras Art Weekend, held from November 29 to December 3, put the spotlight on the works of nearly 150 emerging and established artists, including two from abroad. These include MF Husain’s Two Women with Elephants, Ram Kumar’s The City, Krishen Khanna’s Ramu Kaa Dhaba, Jeram Patel’s Hospital series, the works of KCS Paniker, NN Rimzon’s …

Installation at Kochi Biennale finds new iteration in solo show in London
1 year, 5 months ago

Installation at Kochi Biennale finds new iteration in solo show in London

The Hindu  

The Hayward Gallery, the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, and the Kochi Biennale Foundation have announced artist Amol K. Patil as the first recipient of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation-Kochi-Muziris Biennale Award, a multi-year exhibition and lecture programme spotlighting emerging South Asian artists. He is presenting his first institutional solo exhibition in the U.K. at the Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space from October …

India Today Conclave South 2023: Everyone is not an artist but can become one, says Bose Krishnamachari
1 year, 9 months ago

India Today Conclave South 2023: Everyone is not an artist but can become one, says Bose Krishnamachari

India Today  

Eminent painter and curator Bose Krishnamachari took over the stage today at the India Today Conclave South 2023 in Kovalam, Kerala. During a session titled ‘How Kochi-Muziris Biennale democratize art?’, Krishnamachari spoke about how Kochi-Muziris Biennale helped change the perception of abstract art in India. When asked if he believes that everyone can be an artist, Krishnamachari mentioned a quote …

Kochi biennale: An act of coming together, of building community
1 year, 11 months ago

Kochi biennale: An act of coming together, of building community

The Hindu  

Shubigi Rao, curator of the just-concluded edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, spent almost four years preparing for the show that finally opened after two deferments and a pandemic-driven cancellation on December 23, 2022. The issues and ideas remained as urgent because the pandemic laid bare the inequities that had always existed and about which my curating and the artists’ works …

With mounting debts and uncertainty of permanent venue, going gets tougher for Kochi biennale
1 year, 11 months ago

With mounting debts and uncertainty of permanent venue, going gets tougher for Kochi biennale

The Hindu  

The fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale curated by the Singapore-based artist Shubigi Rao around the theme In our veins flow ink and fire drew to a close on April 10. He adds that works of artists Jitish Kallat, William Kendrige and art collective MAP Bangalore and the Students’ Biennale were impressive. This edition drew several high-profile individuals, including Jessica …

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people
1 year, 11 months ago

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people

The Hindu  

Curtains come down on the fifth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale on April 10. Domestic travellers “Tourism did not pick up in Fort Kochi till the certainty of the Biennale was established,” says tour guide Ajita Scaria, discussing how business was especially difficult through lockdown. “Thali meals have been a hit,” says Shaji of Kadai Veg Tables adding that …

Immerse yourself in art and culture with these 3 events
2 years ago

Immerse yourself in art and culture with these 3 events

Live Mint  

100 artists under one roof A unique exhibition, ‘The Art of India’ is bringing together nearly 150 artworks by 100 Indian artists. “The Art of India show highlights prominent Bengal Masters, as well as pays an ode to the artists who laid the foundation and substratum at a time when Indian art was still nascent,” states the curatorial note. The …

COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity
2 years ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 09, 2023 10:40 IST When you make landfall in Kochi and are ejected off your antiseptic plane, the first thing you will notice, after the sudden burst of licked heat, is a giant, densely plotted mural of Mahabali. Because the biennale was interested, by and large, in a rigidity, a beautiful, sometimes striking and throbbing rigidity, but …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A highly subjective walkthrough
2 years, 2 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A highly subjective walkthrough

Live Mint  

You walk into a darkened room not knowing what to expect—and suddenly, in front of you, is a cascading waterfall of mist, or it could be smoke. At first, the three paintings, Brothers, Fathers And Uncles by Devi Seetharam, an artist of Malayali heritage currently based in Bengaluru, are simply beautiful and hyper-realistic depictions of a clearly local milieu—men in …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre
2 years, 2 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre

Live Mint  

In retrospect, In The Making, the title of this year’s Students’ Biennale, seemed a much more befitting title for the 2022 Kochi-Muziris Biennale than In Our Veins Flow Ink And Fire. The show includes Zarina’s map drawings, Atlas Of My World, Mona Hatoum’s neon globe, Hot Spot, trunks donated to the Partition Museum by a refugee, Kader Attia’s thought-provoking film, …

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Hindustan Times  

'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. 'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday) The exhibition gives space for installations that use modern possibilities, including multimedia, sculptures of …

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12
2 years, 3 months ago

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12

The Hindu  

The fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, called off in 2020 owing to the pandemic, will get under way on Monday. Titled ‘In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire’, the art potpourri featuring about 200 major art projects done by 90 artists from different countries will be on show across 14 venues in Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Ernakulam, till April …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?
2 years, 3 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?

The Hindu  

Away from the cacophonous chorus of heavily corporatised art festivals, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale hopes to return after three pandemic-ridden years to its foundational purpose: to give back to people their real stories, their strengths, their songs. A biennale isn’t just a collection of artworks, it can be sharing of ethos, of ways to make and survive, even flourish, and of …

Let’s talk song and satire | The mood is lighter at the 2022-2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

Let’s talk song and satire | The mood is lighter at the 2022-2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The Hindu  

One would expect hope to be the cornerstone of a biennale that’s opening after three demanding years of the pandemic. And the pandemic has just added another layer of meaning to this,” shares Mario D’Souza, Director of Programmes, Kochi Biennale Foundation. The idea builds on a Konkani saying that Naik has translated: ‘In order to save a story, you must …

Beyond the installations | Things to do in Fort Kochi while attending the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23
2 years, 3 months ago

Beyond the installations | Things to do in Fort Kochi while attending the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23

The Hindu  

The Biennale will be all encompassing in the coming few months. Untaboo — The Shadow Artists Via Kochi, a local magazine, is encouraging an ‘alternative’ discussion — bringing people together to share the stories we hold back. Goya x Thomas Girard “Thomas, a French mixologist who has worked at some of the world’s 50 best bars — from London to …

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The Hindu  

The Chinese fishing nets, centuries-old spice warehouses, ancient centres of worship and colonial bungalows lining the cobbled streets of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, all speak of a bygone era. As a space for art Co-founder of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Bose Krishnamachari says Kochi was the obvious choice of venue when the idea for India’s first biennale was mooted more than a …

Out of the blues, emerges Kochi Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

Out of the blues, emerges Kochi Biennale

The Hindu  

“Mark Your Calendars: December 12, 2022 to April 10, 2023”. Only through the spirit that flows through us: the thoughts and the action; the ink and the fire,” explains Ms. Rao, adding that the title is also about “the transgressive power of ink and the reformative power of action.” Speaking of the challenges of curation, she points out that while …

Kochi’s first NFT art show is a showcase of some of India’s renowned NFT artists’ works
2 years, 8 months ago

Kochi’s first NFT art show is a showcase of some of India’s renowned NFT artists’ works

The Hindu  

A row of vertically positioned televisions, some with attached headphones, serve as digital frames that ‘play’ artworks in a loop at Cafe Papaya. Themed ‘Myths and Memes’, the show curated by artist Vimal Chandran, is Kochi’s first NFT art showcase. For instance, there is Ajay Menon, a photographer, actor Rima Kallingal, Satish Acharya, an editorial cartoonist, and graphic artist Prasad …

‘Outside the Window’, an art show by six artists in Thiruvananthapuram, celebrates myriad themes and perspectives
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Outside the Window’, an art show by six artists in Thiruvananthapuram, celebrates myriad themes and perspectives

The Hindu  

Group art exhibitions have a different vibe to them. ‘Outside the Window’, an ongoing art exhibition at Museum Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, has nearly 100 works of six artists, part of an art collective, Colourbees. We named the exhibition ‘Outside the Window’ as it captures our different perspectives,” says Suma, design lead with Capgemini in Bengaluru. It finally happened after I …

From Bihar Museum's biennale to 'Lokame Tharavadu' at Kochi, how Indian art world navigated first half of 2021
3 years, 9 months ago

From Bihar Museum's biennale to 'Lokame Tharavadu' at Kochi, how Indian art world navigated first half of 2021

Firstpost  

It’s a deceptively straightforward artwork. Acknowledging the fact that the artwork reflected the collective outrage of Indians amid widespread criticism of the government’s response to the pandemic’s second wave, Shailesh wrote on his Instagram: “I was trying to reflect the political conundrum we are entangled in, and many could connect with the image.” As the artwork captured the imagination of …

A winter without the Kochi Biennale: Despite loss of serendipity, a meaningful engagement with post-COVID era
4 years, 4 months ago

A winter without the Kochi Biennale: Despite loss of serendipity, a meaningful engagement with post-COVID era

Firstpost  

Unlike the predictable compactness of exhibitions at galleries and museums, a biennale is known for its emphasis on the sheer monumentality of exhibiting spaces; its publicness; its site-specificity, and the often blurring of demarcations between the artworks, the physical spaces that the works inhabit, and the viewers. That it is not as easily navigable as the art spaces of bigger …

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning
5 years, 2 months ago

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning

Firstpost  

On the surface it may seem like artists have never had it any better as in the last decade, considering there are now more residencies than before, more collectors, institutions, funding agents and curators. At the time Sonal Singh, Christie’s India director and specialist head, Sonal Singh, said the company would continue to hold three annual live auctions of modern …

Kochi-Muziris Fundation issued injunction notice by Ernakulam HC over auction as vendor alleges non-payment of dues
5 years, 10 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Fundation issued injunction notice by Ernakulam HC over auction as vendor alleges non-payment of dues

Firstpost  

Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation had put up a notice on their website on 10 April announcing an auction of the new and used air conditioners, television sets, projectors, audio systems and other electronics items used in the festival. KMB Foundation had put up a notice on their website on 10 April announcing the “auction the new and used air conditioners, television …

The art within
5 years, 11 months ago

The art within

Deccan Chronicle  

It was beautiful to see how their faces lit up when ideas bloomed in their minds. “Art lies within everyone, but they are expressed in different ways,” says Seema, who had associated with the event Art by Children held as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. “They wondered if it was really an art class, but those activities are part of …

Pop up' shows light up Kochi-Muziris Biennale
6 years, 1 month ago

Pop up' shows light up Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is facilitating expression of creativity of visitors through its popular sessions called ‘pop up.’ The interested can present papers, read poetry and conduct lectures and discussions at the pavilion. Curator Anita Dube is keen to welcome the crowd to experience the joy and freedom of self-expression at the ‘people’s biennale.’ “I realised the exhibition model was …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale workshop on water colour
6 years, 1 month ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale workshop on water colour

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: Sunil Linus De believes that the paper, water and the colours “work on their part simultaneously” with the artist to help attain the final result. At the art room under the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s programme, the artist reiterated to the students that “transparency” is the basic quality of water colour. “That’s why I said it’s a medium where paper, …

Biennale of possibilities
6 years, 4 months ago

Biennale of possibilities

Deccan Chronicle  

Busy days await Anita Dube, the first female curator of India’s first biennale — Kochi Muziris Biennale — as the event starts from December 12 till March 29. They will showcase their existing works, and will also create a new work here,” says Anita who believes the audience will be able to sense the female sensibility in the arrangement, choice …

Biennale-3 ends, art horizon expands
7 years, 11 months ago

Biennale-3 ends, art horizon expands

Deccan Chronicle  

Three months ago, when the third edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale began, everyone, especially art aficionados, was curious. “It has expanded the discourse on what we think of as art and will have an immense trickledown effect,” she says and adds, “The current edition shows us what can happen when an artist curates. Also, Tata Trusts — the supporters and …

Chevening Art Week: Art brings colours, canvases and experts together
7 years, 11 months ago

Chevening Art Week: Art brings colours, canvases and experts together

Hindustan Times  

A platform for creative minds, the Chevening Art Week, organised in the city, will see Chevening scholars bring out their artistic side through various mediums such as sculptures, paintings, photographs and installations. An artwork by artist Devdutta Padekar; Chevening Art Week is being organised in Gurgaon that will see a series of sessions and talks. Also expect interesting sessions by …

People's biennale
8 years, 1 month ago

People's biennale

The Hindu  

OVER the past two millennia, Fort Kochi, the strip of land between the bustling modern city of Kochi and the Arabian Sea, has become a palimpsest of history. There is also the work of American Tom Burkhardt called “Studio Flood”, a child-like installation in an inverted artist’s studio. The Mumbai-based video artist Kabir Mohanty’s epic and ambitious cinematic experiment “Song …

Rs 3 crore to promote Kochi Biennale nationally
8 years, 1 month ago

Rs 3 crore to promote Kochi Biennale nationally

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The state tourism department has sanctioned a national TV campaign costing Rs 3 crore to showcase Kerala as an art capital of India by promoting Kochi Muziris Biennale. The state government feels that the first two editions of the biennale had placed Kerala on the global cultural map and boosted tourism and economic development of the state. The department …

A photographic dialogue!
8 years, 2 months ago

A photographic dialogue!

Deccan Chronicle  

She gives art an aesthetic meaning with her creative techniques. I found inspiration in the sweat smeared bodies of the garadis and the lost industrial landscapes in the Jute Mills of West Bengal.” For Sohini, her inspiration has always been her preoccupation and indulgence in contemplating time, as she reveals, “I arrived at these dense, intricate and clinical charcoal works …

The Fort' of Art
8 years, 3 months ago

The Fort' of Art

Deccan Chronicle  

A lazy Sunday evening for everyone, but things are quite different in Fort Kochi, where the third edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale is happening. Titled as ‘Forming in the pupil of an eye’, this year’s biennale space is shared by writers, dancers, poets, musicians, and theatre professionals along with the visual artists. Chilean poet Raul Zurita near his installation “This …

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